Kiribati - English Finderlist

O ta. the <a, an>. B te. a always followed by a numeral suffix, ai,ua,un,man,nga,kai,kora or a certain noun the expletive euphonic na being always added. O te. the. a <an>. the indefinite article one can be used as te, but generally by teuana, temanna. both te and teuana are used together. O to. the, a <an>, before o, u, w.

O bua2. kabua: to make abound, to crowd. O bun1. kabun, kabunna: to make abound, to cause a multiplication. O bungati.
2. make abound ..., swarm. O buritao. kaburitaotao: to cause to overflow, to abound. O kabun3. kabunna: to make have ..., to cause to swarm, to abound. O kau4.
to abound.

O baka n toka.
to act or ape the great or the rich. O bakaonon.
to act the beggar. B bókarina.
to act quickly. O imita.
imita nako: word employed alone or which accompanies a lot of other words and is difficult to translateimita: to act, to do with a purpose, with force and rapidity as to throw, to pierce, to rub, to aim at. B íti. actinstantly. O kanenei. kanenei nako ... nakon ... to go, to walk, to act with decision, spirit, determination in following one's way, to dash. O karaua.
to act, to treat or handle gently <gentle>, carefully, to treat with caution. O takarua1.
(1) to flutter about, to act, to speak at random.

O bonne.
2. to adapt and fix the mango of a canoe by means of two strings. O roko. karokoa, karorokoa: to make come, to let come, to wait for arrival of ..., to adjust, to adapt. O tenu. katenua, katonua: to make correspond, to adapt.

O ikoti. ikoti mane: addition of money ikoti rawawata: addition of weight, etc. B nába. also, too, in addition. B ríki. again, in addition, following an adjective it gives the force of the comparative, like the English suffix -er.

B mánga. again (generally preceded by a). O manga. again, repetition. O oki. okira, okiokira: to come back towards ..., to go back to ..., to do again, to recommence, to say again, etc. B ríki. again, in addition, following an adjective it gives the force of the comparative, like the English suffix -er.

O irannano.
to follow the will or sentiments of another, to approve, to give moral support to ..., to allege as pretext the conduct of others to act like them (ex. at work), to be in accord (for good or evil).

O akawa.
to fish, to angle, fish for. O kamaoto.
a pleat, a bend, a curve, angle of current, land, net. O maninganinga1.
a corner, an angle, hair on temple, temple. O manoku. manoku, mamanoku: curved, L-shaped angle, full of coves. G matawa.
<bird> whitetern, love tern, fairy tern, angle tern (This beautiful little white tern is fairly common on all islands except Arorae, where surprisingly it is not present at all; Pairs of birds will usually be seen h ... near pandanus trees or playing on the branches. They are usually distinguished by their pure white color and arboreal habits. The shafts of the primaries are dusky brown and of the tail feathers, most are black. The prominent eyes ... arrow black ring around them.) (aa). O newe.
(2) tenon <tendon ?>, angle, something which joins.

O ketoa.
(4) a kind of annex to a building, a lean to (mostly as shelter for outrigger of canoes).

annihilate

O kabuanibai. kabuanibaia, kaka ...: to bring about a great loss, an accident, to ruin, to annihilate. B kamáuna.
to annihilate, to destroy , to erase. O mate nako. kamatenakoa: to make drift away, to be the occasion of ..., to annihilate.

O arokana.
to appropriate, to have a plant as one's own, to take care of, to use, to look after a plant, to possess or own a tree growing on another's land (native custom). O baina. babaina, baibaina. to appropriate, to possess, to own, to use, to make use of, to employ or to make one's own. B rábua.
to appropriate for personal use a fruit-tree by tying leaves around the trunk. O taeka1. botina te taeka: to arrogate, appropriate a word, subject.

appropriating

B éweboti. appropriating to one's self another's place. B káreboti.
the appropriating of a seat or place reserved for another. B kareméreme.
an improper appropriating to one's self.

G nna.
<bird> duskyshearwater, Audobon's shearwater (This is the smallest of the local shearwaters. It is dark sooty brownish black above with white underparts. The under tail-coverts are black and the sides of the breast... The bill is short and black, with the feet flesh or yellowish.) (aa).